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New Scottish GP contract
New Scottish GP contract increases risk for remote and rural communities
BMJ 2018; 360 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k762 (Published 19 February 2018) Cite this as: BMJ 2018;360:k762- Cathy Welch, general practitioner
- Arran Medical Group, Isle of Arran KA27 8NS, UK
- cwelch{at}nhs.net
General practitioners in Scotland have voted to accept the 2018 contract,1 which says that “generalism, by definition, is a form of care that is person not disease centred.”2 But the fundamental approach remains unchanged from every contract in the history of medicine—designed from the urban based top, with a system centred focus on planning. Resourcing remains defined by the system’s imagined capacity rather than the real …
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